Photo © Mike Wall

Depressaria badiella

Checklist Number
32.038 [B&F: 0674]

Verification
Record requires retention of specimen until confirmed, and may require dissection. Consult with CMR if unsure

Classification

Family:Depressariidae
Subfamily:Depressariinae
Genus:Depressaria
Species:badiella
Authority:(Hübner, 1796)

Local in sandhills and quarries throughout the British Isles. In Hampshire confined to a few sites, most numerously at Micheldever Spoil Heaps, but also at Itchen Abbas, Portsdown and Oxenbourne; very rare on the Isle of Wight, where recorded only once, on Tennyson Down. Wingspan 18-22 mm. The almost unicolorous and unmarked forewing with a dark basal lobe helps to distinguish the most common forms of this species from others in the genus. Larva feeds on leaves of Perennial Sow-thistle, Dandelion and Cat's-ear, subsequently feeding in the roots.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC8 Wiltshire (Hants county)

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Martin Down NNR (SU01)24/08/1990-Steve Nash-

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Appuldurcombe (SZ58)1856-IWGAdult
Sandown (SZ58)1856-IWGAdult
Yarmouth (SZ38)1856-IWGAdult
Freshwater Down (SZ38)1900-Victoria County Hist of Hants & IW 1900Adult
Freshwater (SZ38)1926-W FassnidgeAdult
Blackgang (SZ47)1926-W FassnidgeAdult
Cranmore (SZ38)1930-J LobbAdult
Tennyson Down (SZ38)06/08/1987oneJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonAdult
Bonchurch (SZ57)04/08/2013oneBrian Elliott, James HalseyAdult
Niton (SZ47)22/09/2013twoJulian ClarkeAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Oxenbourne Down (SU71)07/07/1973oneDavid AppletonAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)1999-Brian ElliottAdult
Chandlers Ford (SU42)12/09/1999oneBrian ElliottAdult
Portchester Common SSSI (SU60)13/08/2004oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Portchester Common SSSI (SU60)03/09/2004twoRichard J DicksonAdult
Hincheslea Bog (SU20)13/09/2010oneDiana Westerhoff, Richard E Jones Adult
Great Linford (SU10)13/09/2010oneDiana WesterhoffAdult
Sinah Common, Hayling (SZ69)14/08/2013-Julian ClarkeAdult
Hayling island (SZ69)14/08/201330Julian ClarkeAdult
Browndown Coastal Ranges (SZ59)04/09/2015twoKeith WheelerAdult
Portsdown (SU60)12/09/2016oneTony TindaleAdult
Browndown Coastal Ranges (SZ59)06/10/2017oneKeith WheelerAdult
Browndown Coastal Ranges (SZ59)12/07/2019oneMaurice OpieAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Itchen Abbas (SU53)1950-D W H Ffennell-
Micheldever (SU54)29/07/2004twoMike Wall, Peter Hutchins, James AndrewsAdult
Micheldever (SU54)20/07/2005threeMike WallAdult
Micheldever (SU54)23/08/2005oneMike Wall & Alison CrossAdult
Greywell (SU75)29/08/2005onePaul BoswellAdult
Micheldever (SU54)13/07/2006-Brian ElliottAdult
Micheldever (SU54)21/07/2008oneBrian ElliottAdult
Old Down, Kempshott (SU54)22/07/2010oneTony Dobson & G A HenwoodAdult
Old Basing (SU65)15/07/2011oneMike WallAdult
Old Down, Kempshott (SU54)08/09/2011threeTony Dobson & G A HenwoodAdult
Goodworth Clatford (SU34)29/08/2013eightGlynne EvansAdult
Basingstoke (SU65)30/09/2013oneMike WallAdult
Andover (SU34)26/08/2017oneGraeme DavisAdult
Barton Stacey (SU44)29/08/2021twoGlynne EvansAdult